Dual-screen electronic device and setting method for output settings of audio signal

Abstract

A dual-screen electronic device includes a first display device, a second display device, a plurality of sensors, a sensor controller, an embedded controller and an audio device. The sensors generate a plurality of sensing signals. The sensors include a first sensor and a second sensor, and the first sensor is configured in the first display device and the second sensor is configured in the second display device. The sensor controller obtains the sensing signals. The sensor controller generates display-mode information according to the sensing signals. The embedded controller obtains the display-mode information through a first transmission interface. The embedded controller generates setting information according to the display-mode information. The audio device obtains the setting information through a second transmission interface. The audio device sets the output settings of the audio signals of a plurality of audio-signal output channels according to the setting information.

1 . A dual-screen electronic device, comprising:
 a first display device;   a second display device;   a plurality of sensors, generating a plurality of sensing signals, wherein the plurality of sensors comprise at least a first sensor and a second sensor, and the first sensor is configured in the first display device and the second sensor is configured in the second display device;   a sensor controller, coupled to the plurality of sensors to obtain the plurality of sensing signals, and generating display-mode information according to the plurality of sensing signals;   an embedded controller, coupled to the sensor controller through a first transmission interface to obtain the display-mode information from the sensor controller, and generating setting information according to the display-mode information; and   an audio device, coupled to the embedded controller through a second transmission interface to obtain the setting information from the embedded controller, and setting output settings of audio signals of a plurality of audio-signal output channels according to the setting information.   
     
     
         2 . The dual-screen electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the first transmission interface is an I 2 C bus and the second transmission interface is a GPIO interface. 
     
     
         3 . The dual-screen electronic device of  claim 2 , wherein the setting information indicates settings of a first pin and a second pin of the GPIO interface and the audio device sets the output settings of the audio signals of the audio-signal output channels according to the settings of the first pin and the second pin. 
     
     
         4 . The dual-screen electronic device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a plurality of audio-signal output devices, coupled to the audio device and playing the audio signals according to the output settings of the audio signals of the audio-signal output channels.   
     
     
         5 . The dual-screen electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the audio device is coupled to the sensor controller through a third transmission interface to directly obtain the display-mode information from the sensor controller and sets the output settings of the audio signals of the audio-signal output channels according to the display-mode information, wherein the third transmission interface is an I 2 C bus. 
     
     
         6 . A setting method for the output settings of the audio signals, applied to a dual-screen electronic device, comprising:
 generating, by a plurality of sensors of the dual-screen electronic device, a plurality of sensing signals, wherein the plurality of sensors comprise at least a first sensor and a second sensor, and the first sensor is configured in a first display device of the dual-screen electronic device and the second sensor is configured in a second display device of the dual-screen electronic device;   obtaining, by a sensor controller of the dual-screen electronic device, the plurality of sensing signals, and generating display-mode information according to the plurality of sensing signals;   obtaining, by an embedded controller of the dual-screen electronic device, the display-mode information from the sensor controller through a first transmission interface, and generating setting information according to the display-mode information; and   obtaining, by an audio device of the dual-screen electronic device, the setting information from the embedded controller through a second transmission interface, and setting output settings of audio signals of a plurality of audio-signal output channels according to the setting information.   
     
     
         7 . The setting method for the output settings of the audio signals of  claim 6 , wherein the first transmission interface is an I 2 C bus and the second transmission interface is a GPIO interface. 
     
     
         8 . The setting method for the output settings of the audio signals of  claim 7 , wherein the setting information indicates settings of a first pin and a second pin of the GPIO interface and the audio device sets the output settings of the audio signals of the audio-signal output channels according to the settings of the first pin and the second pin. 
     
     
         9 . The setting method for the output settings of the audio signals of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 playing, by a plurality of audio-signal output devices of the dual-screen electronic device, the audio signals according to the output settings of the audio signals of the audio-signal output channels.   
     
     
         10 . The setting method for the output settings of the audio signals of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 directly obtaining, by the audio device of the dual screen electronic device, the display-mode information from the sensor controller through a third transmission interface; and   setting the output settings of the audio signals of the audio-signal output channels according to the display-mode information, wherein the third transmission interface is an I 2 C bus.